January 2009 Volume 29, Number 6

Features

Lost and Found: 2008 in Beer
by Gregg Glaser

Lost If it’s Wednesday, It Must be Belgium (or is that Brazil?) What happened to big U.S. breweries being owned by Americans? (Correct that to North Americans; no, we need ...

What Would Santa Drink?
by Don Russell

The children are nestled all snug in their bed, Santa’s outside, he’s full of dread. The old elf’s been working hard all night, Inside awaiting, it’s the same old blight. ...

Belgium: Diverse Beer Styles, Delectable Brews
by Charles D. Cook

Walk into a good multi-tap bar these days or, especially, a good beer retail store, and Belgium rules. A beer lover shopping for new flavors is confronted with bewildering choices: ...

Brewing Togetherness
by Jay Brooks

Aristotle observed, in his classic work Metaphysics, that “the whole is more than the sum of its parts.” He may not have been talking about beer when he said that, ...